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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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15.
IV. - TUBER CULOSIS.
Notifications - Forty new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and four of nonpulmonary
tuberculosis were notified during 1956 compared with 36 pulmonary and
6 non-pulmonary notifications in 1955. The following table gives the age
grouping of new cases notified.
The follwing table give the age grouping and new cases notified.
| FORMAL NOTIFICATIONS. Number of primary notifications of new cases. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGE PERIODS | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65-75 | 75 and | upwards | Total (all ages) |
| Pulmonary, Males | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27 | |
| " Females | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 13 | |
| Non-pulmonary, Males | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Females | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | |
| Total | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 44 | |
The following table gives the number of cases which came to the notice of the Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by formal notification, and the source from which information was obtained.
| Source of information | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | |
| Death Returns | - | 1 | - | - |
| Transfers from other areas | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Other sources | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 |